![]() ![]() ![]() A mash-up of The Searchers and Cannibal Ferox, this is a pretty strong prairie stew. In Bone Tomahawk, an old-timer, an invalid and a gunslinger set out. Naturally, there’s an echo of the way Quentin Tarantino has picked up on the chattiness of Howard Hawks’ Westerns in the lengthy conversation-and-character scenes, which keep the smart lines coming even as the rescue party traverse impossible terrain or fight off mad killers. Its influences veer all over the map, with stretches recalling the Coen brothers punctuated by echoes of Rob Zombie. Though not as well known as the Colt Peacemaker or the Smith & Wesson Model 3 (Carried by Sherrif Hurt), the Merwin & Hulbert's were well known for being well. The pistol Arthur O'Dwyer carries is a Merwin & Hulbert Revolver. Jenkins’s free-associating mutterings are inspired and fanciful, and feisty heroine (Lili Simmons) has a terrific speech about how the real peril of life in the Wild West isn’t ‘Indians’ or the weather “but the idiots”. John Brooder ( Matthew Fox) wears the same style pistol holster as Johnny Ringo ( Michael Biehn) in Tombstone (1993). The riders’ horses are stolen halfway through, forcing them to hobble across rough terrain towards the cave lair where the Grand Guignol last act plays out – including one spectacularly appalling cannibal dismemberment – with effects far more convincing than in the ‘80s chop-em-up-and-eat-'em video nasties.ĭespite that, this is as much a comedy as a cowboy horror film. The film takes its time to give depth to each of its archetypal western characters: moustached and settled sheriff Kurt Russell, hot-tempered and crippled Patrick Wilson (whose wife has been abducted), garrulous and whiskery deputy Richard Jenkins and fancy-dressed mercenary Matthew Fox. A mash-up of The Searchers and Cannibal Ferox, this is a pretty strong prairie stew. ![]()
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